Real Name : Julie M. Benz
Birth : 1 May 1972, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Height : 5' 4"
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Born in Pennsylvania, Julie Benz's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon and her mother is a figure ice skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling, coming in 13th. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were in the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Julie was 14, she had a bad stress fracture and had to take time off. By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Julie turned to acting and got involved in the local theater where she got a role in the play "Street Law". Her first movie role was a small, credited, speaking part in in the Black Cat episode in the 'Dario Argento' (qv)/'George A. Romero (I)' (qv) co-direction horror flick, _Due occhi diabolici (1990)_ (qv) playing in one scene alongside 'Harvey Keitel' (qv). A year later, she got a role on a TV show called _"Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991)_ (qv). After graduating from high school, Julie entered New York University to study acting there. After graduation, Julie moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her career and landed some small roles in movies and TV shows including a guest appearance on _"Married with Children" (1987)_ (qv) and in the 'Aaron Spelling' (qv) TV pilot _Crosstown Traffic (1995) (TV)_ (qv). In 1996, Julie auditioned for the role of "Buffy" in the series _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv), but lost out to 'Sarah Michelle Gellar' (qv). However, she was offered a small role as a vampire girl in which she did such a good job that her part was expanded to a few more episodes in playing the vampire "Darla". With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She reprised her role as "Darla" in the Buffy spin-off series _"Angel" (1999)_ (qv) for two years and has had several small roles in various film productions. She also had a small, but memorable, role playing a receptionist in the movie _As Good as It Gets (1997)_ (qv). Even after her role on _"Angel" (1999)_ (qv) wrapped up, Julie continued to find work on television in playing many guest staring roles in numerous popular TV shows from _"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)_ (qv), to _"Supernatural" (2005)_ (qv), to playing the lead and supporting roles in various made-for-TV movies. Most recently, she landed another notable role on the TV-cable series _"Dexter" (2006)_ (qv) playing "Rita", a troubled divorcée and lover of the title character played by 'Michael C. Hall (I)' (qv).
Biography written by: matt-282
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- 'Angel': Season 2 Overview (2003) (V) [Herself]
- 'Angel': Season 3 Overview (2004) (V) [Herself]
- 'Angel': Season One (2003) (V) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Darla]
- 'Buffy': Season 2 Overview (2002) (V) [Herself]
- 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010) (TV) [Herself]
- 6th Annual Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- 8MM 2 (2005) (V) [Lynn] <4>
- A Hero's Welcome: Release & Reaction (2008) (V) [Herself]
- A Walton Easter (1997) (TV) (uncredited) [Jeannie]
- Answers to Nothing (2010) [Frankie] <4>
- As Good as It Gets (1997) [Receptionist] <47>
- Bad Girls from Valley High (2005) [Danielle] <1>
- Bedrooms (2010) [Anna]
- Black Sheep (1996) (uncredited) [Woman]
- Circle of Friends (2006) (TV) [Maggie] <1>
- Crosstown Traffic (1995) (TV)
- Darkdrive (1996) [Julie Falcon] <16>
- Darla: Deliver Us from Evil (2004) (V) [Herself]
- Dirt Merchant (1999) [Angie] <4>
- Due occhi diabolici (1990) [Betty (segment "The Black Cat")] <17>
- Eating Las Vegas (1997) [Sheila] <8>
- Empire (1995) (TV) [Christie Lambert] <10>
- George of the Jungle 2 (2003) (V) [Ursula] <2>
- George of the Jungle 2: Behind the Trees (2003) (V) [Herself]
- Good Guys/Bad Guys (2000) (TV)
- Halo 2 (2004) (VG) (voice) [Miranda Keyes] <2>
- Halos & Horns: Recurring Villainy (2005) (V) [Herself]
- Hearts Adrift (1996) (TV) [Christy] <7>
- Held Hostage (2009) (TV) [Michelle Estey] <1>
- Inside Taken (2002) (V) [Herself]
- Inventing the Abbotts (1997) [Co-ed] <15>
- It's a Long Road: Resurrection of an Icon (2008) (V) [Herself]
- Jawbreaker (1999) [Marcie] <3>
- Jawbreaker Movie Special (2001) (TV) [Herself]
- Kidnapping Caitlynn (2009) [Caitlynn] <3>
- Kill Your Darlings (2006) [Katherine] <5>
- Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) [Laura] <18>
- Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005) (TV) [Vicky] <2>
- Malice in Wonderland: Wolfram & Hart (2004) (V) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Darla]
- Meet Jigsaw: Behind the Scenes of 'Punisher: War Zone' (2009) (V) [Herself]
- Min'na no gorufu 4 (2003) (VG) (voice) [Various Voices] <1>
- Punisher: War Zone (2008) [Angela] <7>
- Rambo (2008) [Sarah] <2>
- Satan's School for Girls (2000) (TV) [Alison Kingsley] <2>
- Saw V (2008) [Brit] <5>
- Scream Awards 2008 (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) (V) [Barbara] <8>
- Tattoos: A Scarred History (2009) [Herself] <2>
- The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010) (TV) [Herself]
- The Barefoot Executive (1995) (TV) [Sexy Woman]
- The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) [Eunice] <5>
- The Brothers (2001/I) [Jesse Caldwell] <12>
- The Fatal Five (2009) (V) (also archive footage) [Herself] <6>
- The Long Shot (2004) (TV) [Annie Garrett] <1>
- The Making of 'Kill Your Darlings' (2006) (TV) (also archive footage) [Herself]
- The Making of 'Punisher: War Zone' (2009) (V) [Herself]
- The Midget Stays in the Picture (2003) [A-List Actress] <6>
- The Punisher: Creating the Look (2009) (V) (archive footage) [Angela]
- Uncorked (2009) (TV) [Johnny Prentiss] <1>
- Unprecedented Access: Behind the Scenes (2010) (V) [Herself]
- Veronica's Video (1997) (TV) [Heidi]
- "Angel" (1999) {Birthday (#3.11)} (uncredited) (archive footage) [Darla]
- "Angel" (1999) {Dad (#3.10)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Darla]
- "Angel" (1999) {Darla (#2.7)} [Darla] <8>
- "Angel" (1999) {Dear Boy (#2.5)} [Darla] <9>
- "Angel" (1999) {Epiphany (#2.16)} [Darla] <8>
- "Angel" (1999) {First Impressions (#2.3)} [Darla] <9>
- "Angel" (1999) {Five by Five (#1.18)} [Darla] <4>
- "Angel" (1999) {Guise Will Be Guise (#2.6)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Darla]
- "Angel" (1999) {Heartthrob (#3.1)} [Darla] <6>
- "Angel" (1999) {Inside Out (#4.17)} [Darla] <11>
- "Angel" (1999) {Judgment (#2.1)} [Darla] <9>
- "Angel" (1999) {Lullaby (#3.9)} [Darla] <6>
- "Angel" (1999) {Offspring (#3.7)} [Darla] <6>
- "Angel" (1999) {Origin (#5.18)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Darla]
- "Angel" (1999) {Quickening (#3.8)} [Darla] <6>
- "Angel" (1999) {Redefinition (#2.11)} [Darla] <10>
- "Angel" (1999) {Reprise (#2.15)} (uncredited) [Darla]
- "Angel" (1999) {Reunion (#2.10)} [Darla] <9>
- "Angel" (1999) {That Old Gang of Mine (#3.3)} (uncredited) (archive footage) [Darla]
- "Angel" (1999) {That Vision Thing (#3.2)} [Darla] <11>
- "Angel" (1999) {The Girl in Question (#5.20)} [Darla] <8>
- "Angel" (1999) {The Prodigal (#1.15)} [Darla] <5>
- "Angel" (1999) {The Trial (#2.9)} [Darla] <9>
- "Angel" (1999) {To Shanshu in L.A. (#1.22)} [Darla] <13>
- "Angel" (1999) {Unaired Pilot (#1.0)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Darla]
- "Angel" (1999) {Untouched (#2.4)} [Darla] <9>
- "Ask Harriet" (1998) {Dis-guise in Love with You: Part 1 (#1.11)} [Joplin Russell]
- "Ask Harriet" (1998) {Dis-guise in Love with You: Part 2 (#1.12)} [Joplin Russell]
- "Ask Harriet" (1998) {Fat Ron (#1.6)} [Joplin Russell]
- "Ask Harriet" (1998) {Good for the Goose, Good for the Gender (#1.8)} [Joplin Russell]
- "Ask Harriet" (1998) {Help Me Rwanda (#1.3)} [Joplin Russell]
- "Ask Harriet" (1998) {Pumps and Circumstances (#1.13)} [Joplin Russell] <8>
- "Ask Harriet" (1998) {Surprise, Surprise (#1.7)} [Joplin Russell]
- "Boy Meets World" (1993) {City Slackers (#3.11)} [Bianca]
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Angel (#1.7)} [Darla] <9>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Becoming: Part 1 (#2.21)} [Darla] <10>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Fool for Love (#5.7)} [Darla] <11>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {The Harvest (#1.2)} [Darla] <11>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Unaired Pilot (#1.0)} [Darla] <9>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Welcome to the Hellmouth (#1.1)} [Darla] <11>
- "Canada A.M." (1972) {(2008-01-21)} [Herself]
- "Chelsea Lately" (2007) {(2008-09-05)} [Herself]
- "Chelsea Lately" (2007) {(2010-02-04)} [Herself]
- "Conrad Bloom" (1998) {The Rebound Guy (#1.4)} [Julie]
- "Coupling" (2003) {Nipple Effect (#1.6)} [Amanda]
- "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) {Time of Your Death (#6.22)} [Heidi Wolff] <14>
- "CSI: Miami" (2002) {Deviant (#4.16)} [Hayley Gordon] <8>
- "CW 11 Morning News" (2000) {(2008-01-23)} [Herself]
- "CW 11 Morning News" (2000) {(2008-11-25)} [Herself]
- "Desperate Housewives" (2004) {Chromolume No. 7 (#6.17)} [Robin Gallagher] <20>
- "Desperate Housewives" (2004) {Lovely (#6.15)} [Robin Gallagher] <21>
- "Desperate Housewives" (2004) {My Two Young Men (#6.18)} [Robin Gallagher] <21>
- "Desperate Housewives" (2004) {The Chase (#6.16)} [Robin Gallagher] <20>
- "Desperate Housewives" (2004) {The Glamorous Life (#6.14)} [Robin Gallagher] <20>
- "Dexter" (2006) {(#5.1)} [Rita Bennett]
- "Dexter" (2006) {About Last Night (#3.9)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {All in the Family (#3.4)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {An Inconvenient Lie (#2.3)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Blinded by the Light (#4.3)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Born Free (#1.12)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Circle of Friends (#1.7)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Crocodile (#1.2)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Dex Takes a Holiday (#4.4)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Dex, Lies, and Videotape (#2.6)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Dexter (#1.1)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Dirty Harry (#4.5)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Do You Take Dexter Morgan? (#3.12)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Easy as Pie (#3.7)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Father Knows Best (#1.9)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Finding Freebo (#3.2)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Go Your Own Way (#3.10)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Hello, Dexter Morgan (#4.11)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Hungry Man (#4.9)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {I Had a Dream (#3.11)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {If I Had a Hammer (#4.6)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {It's Alive! (#2.1)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Left Turn Ahead (#2.11)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Let's Give the Boy a Hand (#1.4)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Living the Dream (#4.1)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Lost Boys (#4.10)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Love American Style (#1.5)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Morning Comes (#2.8)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Our Father (#3.1)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Popping Cherry (#1.3)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Remains to Be Seen (#4.2)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Resistance Is Futile (#2.9)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Return to Sender (#1.6)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Road Kill (#4.8)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {See-Through (#2.4)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Seeing Red (#1.10)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Shrink Wrap (#1.8)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Si se puede (#3.6)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Slack Tide (#4.7)} [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {That Night, a Forest Grew (#2.7)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {The British Invasion (#2.12)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {The Damage a Man Can Do (#3.8)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {The Dark Defender (#2.5)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {The Getaway (#4.12)} (also archive footage) [Rita Morgan] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {The Lion Sleeps Tonight (#3.3)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {There's Something About Harry (#2.10)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Truth Be Told (#1.11)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Turning Biminese (#3.5)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Dexter" (2006) {Waiting to Exhale (#2.2)} [Rita Bennett] <2>
- "Diagnosis Murder" (1993) {Murder on Thin Ice (#4.3)} [Julie Miller] <7>
- "E! News Daily" (1996) {(2007-01-10)} [Herself]
- "Fame L.A." (1997) {The Beat Goes On (#1.6)} [Vanessa]
- "Glory Days" (2002) {Unaired Pilot (#1.0)} [Ellie Sparks]
- "Hang Time" (1995) {Earl Makes the Grade (#1.6)} [Linda Cantrell]
- "Happy Hour" (1999) {(1999-04-17)} [Herself]
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Dates from Heck (#2.4)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Elaine Takes a Wife (#2.7)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Fur Flies (#1.3)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Grey Skies (#1.5)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Hi Mom, I'm Not Home (#1.4)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Honey Gets Busted (#2.5)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Honey's First Job (#2.2)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Make My Bed (#1.2)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Meet the Neilsens (#1.1)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Pilot (#1.0)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {SRP (#1.6)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {Take My Son Please (#2.3)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {That Kind of Girl (#2.1)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) {The Many Loves of Mike Duff (#2.6)} [Babs Nielsen] <4>
- "High Tide" (1994) {Sea No Evil (#2.8)} [Joanna Craig]
- "Hollywood 411" (2008) {(2009-11-04)} [Herself]
- "Infanity" (2005) {Dexter} [Herself]
- "KTLA Morning News" (1991) {(2008-09-18)} [Herself]
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(#9.26)} [Herself] <2>
- "Law & Order" (1990) {Church (#17.14)} [Dawn Sterling] <10>
- "Married with Children" (1987) {Field of Screams (#8.19)} [Sascha] <9>
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) {The Weak Link (#1.22)} [Denise Johnson] <7>
- "No Ordinary Family" (2010) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Stephanie Powell]
- "Nyhetsmorgon" (1992) {Filmen 'Kill Your Darlings'/Nyheter och väder (#28.16)} [Herself]
- "Oliver Beene" (2003) {Idol Chatter (#2.7)} [Cigarette Girl]
- "Payne" (1999) {Gossip Checks in and a Cat Checks Out (#1.4)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Payne" (1999) {I Never Forget a Face-Lift (#1.7)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Payne" (1999) {Pacific Ocean Duck (#1.5)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Payne" (1999) {Sexual Intercom (#1.2)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Payne" (1999) {The J. Edgar Hoover Pin Story (#1.1)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Payne" (1999) {Trouble in Room 206 (#1.6)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Payne" (1999) {Uncle Royal and Aunt Connie (#1.9)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Payne" (1999) {Wedding Fever (#1.8)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Payne" (1999) {What Ever Happened to Baby Payne? (#1.3)} [Breeze O'Rourke] <3>
- "Peacemakers" (2003) {The Witness (#1.7)} [Miranda Blanchard]
- "Rank" (2001) {25 Toughest Stars} [Herself]
- "Rendez-View" (2001) {The Naked Truth} [Herself - Guest Host]
- "Roswell" (1999) {285 South (#1.6)} [Kathleen Topolsky] <9>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Blood Brother (#1.8)} [Kathleen Topolsky] <9>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Crazy (#1.17)} [Kathleen Topolsky] <9>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Missing (#1.5)} [Kathleen Topolsky] <9>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Monsters (#1.3)} [Kathleen Topolsky] <10>
- "Roswell" (1999) {River Dog (#1.7)} [Kathleen Topolsky] <10>
- "Roswell" (1999) {The Morning After (#1.2)} [Kathleen Topolsky] <9>
- "She Spies" (2002) {Spies vs. Spy (#1.9)} [Elaine] <5>
- "Sliders" (1995) {Electric Twister Acid Test (#3.3)} [Jenny Michener] <6>
- "SoapTalk" (2002) {(2003-11-21)} [Herself]
- "Step by Step" (1991) {The Wall (#5.9)} [Tawny]
- "Supernatural" (2005) {Faith (#1.12)} [Layla Rourke] <3>
- "Taken" (2002) {Beyond the Sky (#1.1)} [Kate Keys] <1>
- "Taken" (2002) {Jacob and Jesse (#1.2)} [Kate Keys] <2>
- "That Morning Show" (2009) {(2009-10-28)} [Herself] <2>
- "The Big Breakfast" (1992) {(2001-11-12)} [Herself]
- "The Big Easy" (1996) {BeGirled (#2.10)} [Roxanne] <5>
- "The Early Show" (1999) {(2008-01-23)} [Herself]
- "The King of Queens" (1998) {Train Wreck (#1.20)} [Julie Patterson]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#5.69)} [Herself] <3>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(2008-01-17)} [Herself]
- "The Saturday Show" (2001) {(2003-05-10)} [Herself]
- "The Sauce" (2007) {(2008-01-17)} [Herself]
- "The Sharon Osbourne Show" (2003) {(2004-04-13)} [Herself]
- "The Single Guy" (1995) {Love Train (#2.6)} [Cranberries Girl]
- "The Soup" (2004) {(#5.41)} [Herself]
- "The Soup" (2004) {(2009-12-18)} (also archive footage) [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2008-01-23)} [Herself]
- "TMZ on TV" (2007) {(2008-12-31)} [Herself]
- "Total Request Live" (2003) {(2003-10-17)} [Herself]
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (2007) {(2009-10-21)} [Herself] <4>
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- 'John Kassir' (qv) (30 May 1998 - December 2007) (filed for divorce)
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- "STRUT Magazine" (Canada), 20 November 2008, Iss. 23, pg. 52, by: Ryan Barnett, "Julie Benz Enters the Fray on Punisher: War Zone"
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (USA), October 2002, Iss. Yearbook 2002, pg. 84-87, by: Rob Francis, "Death Became Her"
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (USA), April 2002, Vol. 5, Iss. 2, pg. 38-44, by: Rob Francis, "Born Again"
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 21 December 2009, Vol. 57, Iss. 52, pg. 28-29, by: William Keck, "'Til Death"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 3 November 2008, Vol. 56, Iss. 44, pg. 38-39, by: Carlita Rizzo, "Till Death Do They Part?"
- "FHM" (USA), June 2003, Iss. 33, pg. 114, by: John Sellers, "Buffy Tribute!: Julie Benz"
- "Buffy The Vampire Slayer Official Magazine" (USA), Fall 2000, Vol. 3, Iss. 3, pg. 48-52, by: Matt Springer, "The Wild One"
- "Bikini" (USA), February 1999, Vol. -, Iss. 40, pg. 34, by: Rob Hill, "Julie Benz: Here, There And Everywhere"
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- "FHM" (USA), March 2001, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, pg. 30-32, by: Carlo Dalla Chiesa, "FHM Reporter Girl: Jule Benz"
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- Was featured as #85 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)
- Featured in The WB Promo for 2001.
- Appeared in Burma: It Can't Wait Campaign. (2008)
- Appeared in Violence Link PETA PSA. (2008)
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- (2006) Currently playing Dexter's girlfriend on _"Dexter" (2006)_ (qv).
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- [On her character "Darla" on _"Angel" (1999)_ (qv)] "I didn't expect them to write such a beautiful ending. I really think it was one of the most beautiful gifts I've ever received as an actor. The last three episodes of her life are so wonderful. They were such a gift to play. It was really amazing. They sent me the script and I was on lunch. I was in my trailer crying. Everybody was asking me if I was okay, and what was wrong, and I had to say it was nothing, and that I was fine. You don't want to tell anyone anything - and, of course, we're not allowed to tell anybody anything. I think she truly is one of the most amazing characters on television".
- [About Darla's departure from _"Angel" (1999)_ (qv)] She was such a wonderful character to begin with. To have such a beautiful ending. For me, it felt like they gave me a gift, a really special gift. After playing her for so long, it was such a beautiful way for her to go. The last 20 minutes redeemed her in the eyes of the fans as well. She was able to finally do something good after 400 years of evil and terror.
- [Her favorite scenes from _"Dexter" (2006)_ (qv)] I loved the episodes where Rita dressed up as Lara Croft... and gave Dexter things. It was such a fun scene to play and it's the first time you really saw a little bit of her strength and her playfulness, and it was so nice to do after playing so much of this vulnerable, beaten-down woman, to have this fun moment with Dexter. I also love the scene towards the end where she confronts Paul (Rita's ex-husband) in prison and basically lays it on the line from a place of great strength, where she finally just tells him how it's going to be and how he needs to explain to the kids why he's in prison.
- [About the pilot for _"Dexter" (2006)_ (qv)] When we did the pilot, I was very nervous. I was beginning to work with my favorite actor and I had to do a lot of relaxation to be on set with Michael. I was such a huge fan of his and just couldn't believe I was cast to play opposite him. I was really waiting for someone to come up to me and say it's all a joke.
- I actually find the fans are always supportive and respectful. A couple times I've been approached when I'm buying underwear. That's more embarrassing for me rather than for them because it's like, "Oh hello. I'm just buying some panties."
- (On filming _Rambo (2008)_ (qv)] We spent two months in the jungle without the luxuries of filming in Los Angeles. My trailer looked like a 1952 bomb shelter with what appeared to be the original bedding - it looked like it had never been washed. The heat was extreme and we all lost a lot of weight. I got too thin on that movie. Also, I had to have like 27 vaccinations before I could even get on the plane to go there, I was taking malaria pills, there were poisonous snakes; one day an elephant crashed through the set after escaping from a nearby camp! You never knew what was going to happen next, but as tough as it was - being away from friends and family, the lack of luxury, the language barrier - it was also really exciting. Moviemaking shouldn't be on a comfy soundstage in L.A., it should be out there in the field.
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- She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with David Schilling, placing 13th. Her older sister and brother, Jennifer and Jeffrey, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally.
- Auditioned for a role in _Eyes Wide Shut (1999)_ (qv). She was called back to audition for the role again, but decided against it when she was going to have to do the scene topless.
- Was once ranked the number 12 ice skater in the United States. Julie has lost two roles to 'Sarah Michelle Gellar' (qv). The first was the role of Kendall Hart on _"All My Children" (1970)_ (qv). The second was the role of Buffy on TV's _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv).
- She was originally cast to play the character "Ellie Sparks" in the un-aired pilot of the TV show _"Glory Days" (2002)_ (qv).
- Attended Franklin Regional Sr. High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania
- Was originally picked to play the part of "Matty Jensen" in the film _West of Brooklyn (2008)_ (qv) but was replaced by 'Natalia Livingston' (qv).
- Appeared in both: _"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)_ (qv) and _"CSI: Miami" (2002)_ (qv).
- Her favorite vacation spot is Tuscany.
- Her favorite charities are Lupus LA and U.S. Campaign for Burma.
- Her favorite drink is Limoncello.
- She dyed her natural blonde hair to brunette for the film _Punisher: War Zone (2008)_ (qv).
- Has a dog called Bamboo.
- She collects antique things from every country she visits. Her favorite is a emerald ring she found in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- She is the girlfriend of the Vice President of Marketing for Warner Bros. Television Rich Orosco (2008).
- Is good friends with _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv) and _"Angel" (1999)_ (qv) co-star 'Eliza Dushku' (qv).
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